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* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'': Gaius Baltar injects Chief with a fast-acting poison, then injects him with the antidote after Chief's girlfriend Boomer tells how many Cylons have infiltrated the fleet. Justified, since Baltar's aim was to get information from Boomer, not to kill Chief. Subverted, because Baltar was working for the good guys.

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* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'': ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': Gaius Baltar injects Chief with a fast-acting poison, then injects him with the antidote after Chief's girlfriend Boomer tells how many Cylons have infiltrated the fleet. Justified, since Baltar's aim was to get information from Boomer, not to kill Chief. Subverted, because Baltar was working for the good guys.



* Played with on ''Series/{{CSINY}}''. A woman out for revenge fills one capsule with deadly poison and a second with its antidote. *She* swallows the antidote first, then crushes the poison capsule inside her mouth...immediately before kissing her victim, thus transferring the poison to him.

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* Played with on in ''Series/{{CSINY}}''. A woman out for revenge fills one capsule with deadly poison and a second with its antidote. *She* ''She'' swallows the antidote first, then crushes the poison capsule inside her mouth...mouth... immediately before kissing her victim, thus transferring the poison to him.



* On ''Series/{{Killjoys}}'' Dutch and Johnny go undercover at a [[MakesSenseInContext Qreshi marriage renegotiation party]] to thwart an assassination attempt. Johnny gets poisoned and Dutch sets out to torture the assassin for the antidote, reasoning that no professional poisoner wouldn't carry it.

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* On ''Series/{{Killjoys}}'' In ''Series/{{Killjoys}}'', Dutch and Johnny go undercover at a [[MakesSenseInContext Qreshi marriage renegotiation party]] to thwart an assassination attempt. Johnny gets poisoned and Dutch sets out to torture the assassin for the antidote, reasoning that no professional poisoner wouldn't carry it.



* In the live action ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' show, a government official poisons Zorro. Zorro manages to get a sample of the poison, but quickly realizes that he'd die long before he could figure out what the antidote was. So he arranges for the official to be stuck with a dart marked with his trademark Z. Thinking that Zorro had just given him the same poison (the dart was actually harmless), the official fled to the nearest source of the antidote, allowing Zorro to follow him and take it for himself.

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* In the live action ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' show, ''Series/Zorro1990'', a government official poisons Zorro. Zorro manages to get a sample of the poison, but quickly realizes that he'd die long before he could figure out what the antidote was. So was, so he arranges for the official to be stuck with a dart marked with his trademark Z. Thinking that Zorro had just given him the same poison (the dart was actually harmless), the official fled to the nearest source of the antidote, allowing Zorro to follow him and take it for himself.



* Subverted in ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Days of Ruin''. Caulder/Stolos brokers a deal with the egoistic mayor, exchanging the mayor's cooperation for the antidote to a bio-weapon he's infected the entire cast with, which he just so conveniently happens to be carrying on his person...

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* A {{justified|Trope}} example happens in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' when Shay confronts Hope. She fills the room they are in with a poisonous gas after taking an antidote so only Shay is affected by it. [[FridgeLogic That still doesn't explain why she didn't just throw the vial so Shay couldn't use it]].
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' has an [[Literature/TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks in-game book]] titled ''[[http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:A_Game_at_Dinner A Game at Dinner]]'' which [[SubvertedTrope Subverts]] this on a BatmanGambit scale. A Dunmer (dark elf) spy is writing a letter of resignation from espionage, and explains why. He was invited (along with several other Dunmer and at least one human) to dinner by Hlaalu Helseth, the head of the House the narrator is spying on. The narrator describes having seen a renowned alchemist (who makes [[MasterPoisoner exceptionally unpleasant poisons]]) visit the host. The narrator attends the dinner, and fakes eating and drinking. After everyone has eaten, Helseth announces that the disloyal have been given a fast-acting poison, the faithful have been spared, and the antidote is in a broth he had just had brought out (there was enough food available at the feast that nobody would have any other reason to drink any). The narrator wonders how this was possible, as all ate from the same plates and drank wine from the same chalice. Helseth announces that the utensils were actually poisoned, so even feigning eating would poison you. Due to this, not only would you die, but you would have "sadly, missed an excellent roast." Eventually, one of the human guests jumps up and drinks a large quantity of the broth, and then confesses his espionage. Helseth smiles when he finishes, and explains that the "antidote" was actually the poison, and that he does NOT, in fact, have an antidote to it. The narrator finishes his letter of resignation by informing his superiors that he sincerely does not want to describe the agony in which the poor man died, and that the paymaster to whom the letter is addressed does not want to know.
* While monsters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' don't carry actual antidotes, they carry items that cause a status effect (bees carry poison-inducing items, etc.). Strangely, both crafting a piece of armor resistant to this status change ''and'' crafting a weapon that causes the effect requires large quantities of the antidote, and the item itself for the more powerful version.
* Downplayed and justified in the ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' series with the zombies. Only the scientist zombies will drop a medkit that will turn a zombified player character back to human.
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Subverted in ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: ''Advance Wars: Days of Ruin''. Caulder/Stolos brokers a deal with the egoistic mayor, exchanging the mayor's cooperation for the antidote to a bio-weapon bioweapon he's infected the entire cast with, which he just so conveniently happens to be carrying on his person...



* A [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] example happens in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' when Shay confronts Hope. She fills the room they are in with a poisonous gas after taking an antidote so only Shay is affected by it. [[FridgeLogic That still doesn't explain why she didn't just throw the vial so Shay couldn't use it]].
* The ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series has an [[Literature/TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks in-game book]] titled ''[[http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:A_Game_at_Dinner A Game at Dinner]]'' which [[SubvertedTrope Subverts]] this on a BatmanGambit scale. A Dunmer (dark elf) spy is writing a letter of resignation from espionage, and explains why. He was invited (along with several other Dunmer and at least one human) to dinner by Hlaalu Helseth, the head of the House the narrator is spying on. The narrator describes having seen a renowned alchemist (who makes [[MasterPoisoner exceptionally unpleasant poisons]]) visit the host. The narrator attends the dinner, and fakes eating and drinking. After everyone has eaten, Helseth announces that the disloyal have been given a fast-acting poison, the faithful have been spared, and the antidote is in a broth he had just had brought out (there was enough food available at the feast that nobody would have any other reason to drink any). The narrator wonders how this was possible, as all ate from the same plates and drank wine from the same chalice. Helseth announces that the utensils were actually poisoned, so even feigning eating would poison you. Due to this, not only would you die, but you would have "sadly, missed an excellent roast." Eventually, one of the human guests jumps up and drinks a large quantity of the broth, and then confesses his espionage. Helseth smiles when he finishes, and explains that the "antidote" was actually the poison, and that he does NOT, in fact, have an antidote to it. The narrator finishes his letter of resignation by informing his superiors that he sincerely does not want to describe the agony in which the poor man died, and that the paymaster to whom the letter is addressed does not want to know.
* While monsters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' don't carry actual antidotes, they carry items that cause a status effect (bees carry poison-inducing items, etc.). Strangely, both crafting a piece of armor resistant to this status change ''and'' crafting a weapon that causes the effect requires large quantities of the antidote, and the item itself for the more powerful version.
* Downplayed and justified in the ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' series with the zombies. Only the scientist zombies will drop a medkit that will turn a zombified player character back to human.
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* In the [[{{Camp}} outlandish]] ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' film, Mr. Freeze has a partial cure for the disease his wife is suffering from in his suit. Batman needs it for Alfred, who suffers from the same disease.

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* In the [[{{Camp}} outlandish]] ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' film, ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'': Mr. Freeze has a partial cure for the disease his wife is suffering from in his suit. Batman needs it for Alfred, who suffers from the same disease.

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* Large-animal tranquiliser [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etorphine Etorphine]] is so quickly fatal to humans that vets only handle it with an injector of the antidote right beside them.

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* Large-animal tranquiliser tranquilisers like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etorphine Etorphine]] is are so quickly fatal to humans that vets only handle it with an injector of the an antidote such as naloxone right beside them.


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* With death from opioid overdose horrifically common in many countries; public health authorities are starting to provide naloxone freely to everyone who wants to carry it, so that if they come across someone who has overdosed they can provide the antidote.
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It can go down in several ways. One commonly used method is for the hero to spend the episode trying to scrounge up the ingredients to the cure from scratch, quickening the drug in the process, only to fail and be informed by the villain that they had it all along. Is also regularly executed during a trade off, with the villain receiving what they want but WithholdingTheCure. One has to wonder why they felt the need to bring the real deal if they were planning on cheating out the hero anyway. Another more humorous subversion is for the villain to reveal the vial and have it snatched from or [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands knocked out of their hand]] before they can even get the [[EvilGloating gloating]] out.

Some may try to HandWave it by giving the villain a sadistic thought process, demonstrating that they enjoy recounting [[ToThePain the agonizing death]] awaiting the hero only to dangle the one thing that could save the hero's life right in front of their face. Nonetheless, they pretty much do it so that the hero or his companions can steal it and use it JustInTime. It makes a bit more sense when the villain is using the poison [[PoisonAndCureGambit as a form of blackmail]], fully intending to hand over the antidote as soon as the hero has given him what he wants in exchange. (This assumes, of course, that the villain is a NobleDemon, believes strongly in [[IGaveMyWord keeping their promises]], or otherwise has a [[PragmaticVillainy sensible reason]] for being willing to carry and hand over the actual antidote rather than a fake.)

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It can go down in several ways. One commonly used method is for the hero to spend the episode trying to scrounge up the ingredients to the cure from scratch, quickening the drug in the process, only to fail and be informed by the villain that they had it all along. Is also regularly executed during a trade off, with the villain receiving what they want but WithholdingTheCure. One has to wonder why they felt the need to bring the real deal if they were planning on cheating out the hero anyway. Another more humorous subversion variant is for the villain to reveal the vial and have it snatched from or [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands knocked out of their hand]] before they can even get the [[EvilGloating gloating]] out.

out. A subversion would be for the hero to snatch the supposed antidote only to discover it is a fake.

Some writers may try to HandWave it by giving the villain a sadistic thought process, demonstrating that they enjoy recounting [[ToThePain the agonizing death]] awaiting the hero only to dangle the one thing that could save the hero's life right in front of their face. Nonetheless, they pretty much the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist out-of-universe reason to do it it]] is so that the hero or his companions can steal it and use it JustInTime. It makes a bit more sense when the villain is using the poison [[PoisonAndCureGambit as a form of blackmail]], fully intending to hand over the antidote as soon as the hero has given him what he wants in exchange. (This assumes, of course, that the villain is a NobleDemon, believes strongly in [[IGaveMyWord keeping their promises]], or otherwise has a [[PragmaticVillainy sensible reason]] for being willing to carry and hand over the actual antidote rather than a fake.)
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*** ''The Unknown Gods''. The deity Ihlwynd can inflict a rotting disease by touch and an unhealable wound with his magical spear. However, if his spear is taken from him, it can heal any disease or wound the deity has caused.
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* ''Series/{{Powerless2017}}'': Wayne Securities sells [=EpiPen=]-style autoinjectors filled with the antidote for Joker gas just in case someone can't get it from the villain in time. It's their best seller.
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*** Adventure ''The Tower of Indomitable Circumstance''. In one room is a roll-top desk with a trapped top. After it's opened, the top can slam down and cut off one of the opener's hands. In the desk is a clerical scroll of Repair Body which can be used to re-attach a severed hand.
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*** Adventure ''Dark Tower''. In one room is a medusa (a monster that can [[TakenForGranite change opponents into stone]]). If the medusa is defeated, the {{PC}}s will find a scroll with ''Stone to Flesh'' spells. Anyone who the medusa changed to stone can be changed back to flesh by the spells.
*** Supplement ''The Book of Ruins'', adventure "Temple of Tarsham". In one room are a group of cockatrices with TakenForGranite (petrifaction) powers. Right next door, there's a room with a spell scroll holding a Stone to Flesh spell, which will turn a petrified victim back to normal.

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*** Adventure ''Dark Tower''. In one room is a medusa (a monster that can [[TakenForGranite change opponents into stone]]). If the medusa is defeated, the {{PC}}s will find a scroll [[LimitedUseMagicalDevice spell scroll]] with ''Stone to Flesh'' spells. Anyone who the medusa changed to stone can be changed back to flesh by the spells.
*** Supplement ''The Book of Ruins'', adventure "Temple of Tarsham". In one room are a group of cockatrices with TakenForGranite (petrifaction) powers. Right next door, there's a room with a [[LimitedUseMagicalDevice spell scroll scroll]] holding a Stone to Flesh spell, which will turn a petrified victim back to normal.

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** Judges Guild adventure ''Dark Tower''. In one room is a medusa (a monster that can [[TakenForGranite change opponents into stone]]). If the medusa is defeated, the {{PC}}s will find a scroll with ''Stone to Flesh'' spells. Anyone who the medusa changed to stone can be changed back to flesh by the spells.

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''Dark Tower''. In one room is a medusa (a monster that can [[TakenForGranite change opponents into stone]]). If the medusa is defeated, the {{PC}}s will find a scroll with ''Stone to Flesh'' spells. Anyone who the medusa changed to stone can be changed back to flesh by the spells.spells.
*** Supplement ''The Book of Ruins'', adventure "Temple of Tarsham". In one room are a group of cockatrices with TakenForGranite (petrifaction) powers. Right next door, there's a room with a spell scroll holding a Stone to Flesh spell, which will turn a petrified victim back to normal.
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* ''Fanfic/TriptychContinuum'': The red-tinge drug (which amplifies magic and causes it to go out of control) is the pollen of a certain flower, but the root of that same flower is the antidote.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StuntDawgs'': In "The Treasure of Crash's Madre", the Stunt Scabs steal Crash's mother recipe and replace it with one that makes the Stunt Dawgs way overweight. With Velda's help, they give the Scabs a taste of their own medicine and force the Scabs to reveal the antidote. Whiz Vid turns out to be carrying it in one of his pockets.
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** Played straight in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0070.html this one]] where Nale petrifies Cecil, and so happens to have a Scroll of Break Enchantment on hand, which [[DumbMuscle Thog]] [[LooseLips spills the beans about]]. Justified as the scroll is a handy thing to have around just in general.

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** Played straight in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0070.html this one]] where Nale petrifies Cecil, Celia, and so happens to have a Scroll of Break Enchantment on hand, which [[DumbMuscle Thog]] [[LooseLips spills the beans about]]. Justified as the scroll is a handy thing to have around just in general.

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